Rankings and Awards

The LMU Entrepreneurship Program has been consistently ranked as one of the best programs in the nation. Our talented and ambitious students and alumni have been honored and recognized by several national media outlets.

Past Rankings and Awards

• 2022 - LMU Entrepreneurship named a finalist for the Women and Minority Entrepreneurship Practitioner of the Year Award at the 2022 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference for its work with training interventions to benefit marginalized populations worldwide.
• 2022 - Entrepreneurship Professor Alex Glosenberg awarded the Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
• 2022 - LMU ranked #13 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2021 - Entrepreneurship Professor David Choi appointed Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship.
• 2021 - LMU ranked #12 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs and #20 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2021 - LMU ranked #31 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs and #22 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (Princeton Review)
• 2020 - Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship named a finalist for Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership Award by Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers.
• 2020 - An interdisciplinary team of entrepreneurship, finance and AIMS students coached by Professors Jason D’Mello and Mark Hattendorf won first place in the western regional Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) held at Utah Valley University.
• 2020 - Entrepreneurship Professor Jason D’Mello name a finalist for the Innovative Pedagogy Award by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
• 2020 - Franky Bernstein '16 featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 for his accomplishments in the marketing and advertising industry with his company, Markett.
• 2020 - LMU ranked #11 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs and #33 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2020 - LMU ranked #17 in the nation for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (Princeton Review)
• 2019 - Entrepreneurship Professor David Choi received the President's Fritz B. Burns Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor bestowed on LMU faculty.
• 2019 - A team of four undergraduate business students from LMU led by Entrepreneurship majors Alicia Mock and Connor Sobczak and coached by Professor David Choi placed first in the U.S. and second in the Global Finals of the KPMG Innovation and Collaboration Challenge (KICC), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2019 - LMU ranked #11 in the nation for both graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2018 - LMU ranked #12 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs and #13 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2018 - LMU undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked #23 in the nation (The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine)
• 2017 - Forbes 30 Under 30 named Cynthia Salim '09, founder of a premium ethical fashion brand for women called Citizen's Mark, and Sophia Parsa '13, co-founder of the tutoring app Toot, on its list.
• 2017 - LMU ranked #10 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship program and #13 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2017 - LMU undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked #24 in the nation (The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine)
• 2016 - LMU student startup Interwallet won first place at Texas Christian University's Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition along with a $25,000 prize.
• 2016 - LMU ranked #7 in the nation for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs and #13 for graduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2016 - LMU undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked #14 in the nation (The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine)
• 2015 - LMU ranked #14 in the nation for graduate entrepreneurship programs and #23 for undergraduate entrepreneurship programs (U.S. News & World Report)
• 2014 - Revita Ink, a company started by LMU alums Nolan Simons and David Raskin, featured as one of "America's Coolest College Startups" (Inc.)
• 2011 - LMU Entrepreneurship ranked #11 in the nation (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• 2011 - LMU graduate entrepreneurship program ranked #24 in the nation (The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine)
• 2010 - LMU undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked #22 in the nation (The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine)